title: [Pseudotumor cerebri in an infant].
abstract: Two cases of benign intracraneal hypertension or pseudotumor cerebri, associated with non specific infective illness, in infants are reported. Presenting symptoms were vomiting, irritability and bulging anterior fontanelle. Both infants had rapid resolution of their symptoms after lumbar puncture, although the second case had recurrences with further febrile diseases. We suggest that a non specific infective illness can interfere transiently with cerebrospinal fluid dynamics.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurología Infantil, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simón de las Heras
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cebrero García
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torres Mohedas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cabeza Alvarez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olivas Domínguez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mateos Beato
mesh_terms: D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013129:Spinal Puncture
vernacular_title: Pseudotumor cerebri del lactante.